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8:00 PM ET, August 29, 2024

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Haley Britzky / CNN:
US Army rebukes Trump campaign for incident at Arlington National Cemetery  —  The US Army issued a stark rebuke of former President Donald Trump's presidential campaign over the incident on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery, saying in a statement on Thursday that participants in the ceremony …
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Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Army blasts Trump trip to Arlington cemetery for violating decorum  —  Army officials criticized former President Donald Trump's campaign staff for violating decorum rules at Arlington National Cemetery and abusing a cemetery worker earlier this week, but no further actions will be pursued …
Discussion: NPR, Associated Press and Raw Story
David Badash / Raw Story:
Johnson pulled strings to get Trump into Arlington — and now the scandal is spreading  —  The Republican Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, reportedly pulled strings to get Donald Trump into Arlington National Cemetery, amid what has become a scandal and a crisis for the ex-president's campaign …
Discussion: New York Post and Washington Post
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Vance defends telling Harris to ‘go to hell’ for nonexistent cemetery criticism  —  The GOP vice-presidential candidate said an Arlington cemetery worker pushed aside by a Trump aide does not deserve an apology.  —  Former president Donald Trump's running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance …
NPR:
Fallout from Trump's Arlington National Cemetery visit continues after campaign video  —  The U.S. Army said an employee at Arlington National Cemetery who tried to “ensure adherence” to rules that prohibit political activities at the cemetery “was abruptly pushed aside,” …
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
X flags NPR story on Trump, Arlington as unsafe  —  The social platform X flagged a story from NPR that outlined the fallout of a reported clash between Trump campaign staffers and Arlington National Cemetery officials earlier this week as potentially “unsafe.”
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Vance tells Harris to ‘go to hell’ for cemetery criticism she didn't give  —  Trump and his allies are known to flout political norms, but the crass language Vance used to criticize a political opponent Wednesday is particularly unusual in modern politics.  —  Republican vice-presidential …
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
24 hours of Trump: QAnon tributes, crude attacks and hawking pieces of his suit  —  With fewer than 70 days until the election, Trump is zigging and zagging with an arsenal of unfocused broadsides and peripheral pursuits.  —  Donald Trump amplified a vulgar joke about Vice President Kamala Harris performing a sex act.
Discussion: HuffPost
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
August 28, 2024  —  Former president Trump appears to have slid further since last night's news …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Associated Press:
Arlington cemetery official was ‘pushed aside’ in Trump staff altercation but won't press charges
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Harris explains in exclusive CNN interview why she's shifted her position on key issues since her first run for president  —  Note: The full interview will at 9 p.m. ET Thursday on CNN's “The First Interview: Harris & Walz, A CNN Exclusive”  —  Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday offered …
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Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Harris Edges Trump in Key States, With Sun Belt Now Up for Grabs  —  The honeymoon for the new Democratic nominee is far from over, as she narrows or reverses Trump's advantages on key economic issues.  —  Kamala Harris has sustained the burst of momentum she brought to the presidential contest …
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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 …
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Harris Has Taken Narrow Lead Over Trump, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Voters have largely positive views of Democratic nominee, who gets 48% to 47% for Republican Donald Trump  —  WASHINGTON—Kamala Harris has stepped out of the shadow of her role as the Biden administration vice president …
Discussion: New York Post and Forbes
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NBC News:
Trump says he wants to make IVF treatments paid for by government or insurance companies if elected  —  In an interview with NBC News, the former president defended himself over abortion rights and said either the government or insurance companies will pay for IVF if he's elected.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wes Moore and the Bronze Star He Claimed but Never Received  —  For years, the Maryland governor has faced questions about whether he had wrongfully said he had a Bronze Star.  He insisted no. But an old document proves otherwise.  —  When Wes Moore ran for governor of Maryland in 2022 …
Discussion: Baltimore Sun
Ian Ward / Politico:
‘It Is Not the Job of the Pro-Life Movement to Vote for President Trump.’  —  Trump once said he had “great admiration” for Lila Rose's work.  Now he's lost her support.  —  For years, the anti-abortion activist Lila Rose has pushed the GOP to curtail access to abortion.
Washington Post:
Decision on Georgia election board threatens Kemp's détente with Trump  —  The governor must decide whether to seek the removal of board members who have been praised by the former president for changing election rules with months to go before the vote.
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
What really happened to JD Vance in Erie  —  ERIE, Pennsylvania — The chaser Wednesday in Sen. J.D. Vance's (R-OH) trip to this all-important county in the northwestern corner of Pennsylvania came when the Republican vice presidential nominee said Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris can …
emptywheel:
ABC Treats Kamala's 21-Year Old Misstatement about Prosecutions as News but Not Trump's Daily Lies about His Own Crimes  —  As the mainstream press continues to soil itself like toddlers over Kamala Harris' interview tonight, I was going to use this CNN piece — suggesting questions …
 
 
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Alec Schemmel / Fox News:
Harris camp hires activist reverend who claims Christianity has been ‘hijacked’ by White supremacy
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Discussion: New Jersey Online
New York Post:
ABC News rejects Kamala Harris' last-minute bid to change Trump debate rules, will keep muted mics
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Karem / Salon:
Republicans for Harris: GOP gets ready to rescue MAGA from Trump
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and The Bulwark
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Threatens to Jail Mark Zuckerberg for Life
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Why Joy is an Effective Anti-Authoritarian Strategy.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
ProPublica:
Exec at Trump Media Jumped the Line for U.S. Visa After Company Lobbied GOP Lawmaker
Joseph Simonson / freebeacon.com:
‘I Did Fries’: Kamala Harris Claims She Worked at McDonald's, but She Never Mentioned It Until She Ran for President.  Did She Really Toil Beneath the Golden Arches?
 

 
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Variety:
AMC Networks acquires full control of BBC America, after BBC Studios sold its remaining 50.1% interest in the channel to AMC Networks for $42M in cash

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Memo: Business Insider founder Henry Blodget says he is leaving BI's board, will remain an adviser and contribute occasional columns, and plans to write a novel
 
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