memeorandum: Democrats Drive Surge in Election Enthusiasm (Jeffrey M. Jones/Gallup)

9:25 AM ET, August 29, 2024

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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.

Discussion: Scripps News, NPR, The Daily Beast, Alternet.org, Boing Boing, DNyuz, Business Insider, Raw Story, Deseret News, PoliticusUSA, HuffPost, NBC News, Rolling Stone, USA Today, CNBC and Mediaite

USA Today:

‘Furious’: Veterans slam Trump team's altercation at Arlington National Cemetery — Rachel Barber Josh Meyer Zac Anderson Tom Vanden BrookUSA TODAY — WASHINGTON − Some veterans reacted with alarm to reports of an altercation between a member of Donald Trump's entourage and a top official …

Discussion: Fox News, The Bulwark, The Daily Beast, Good Politics/Bad Politics, Boing Boing, DNyuz, Raw Story, New Republic, Alternet.org, The Hill, Mother Jones, Semafor, CBS News and The Gateway Pundit

Charles Sykes / The Atlantic:

Trump Dishonors Fallen Soldiers Again — Trump's latest visit to Arlington National Cemetery is a reminder of how little he understands about service, sacrifice, and heroism. — On Monday, Donald Trump visited the sacred ground of Arlington National Cemetery, where many of America's war dead are buried, and posed for photos.

Discussion: RedState, Mediaite, Washington Post, Raw Story, The Guardian, Newsbusters, Breitbart, Scripps News and The Hill

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.

Wall Street Journal:
Dispute Grows Over Trump's Arlington Cemetery Visit as Vance Says Harris Can ‘Go to Hell’

Discussion: CBS News, The Daily Caller, Boing Boing, Talking Points Memo, The Hugh Hewitt Show, The Daily Beast, Twitchy, Rolling Stone, DNyuz, RedState, Newsbusters, PoliticusUSA, NPR, Washington Post and Daily Kos

Washington Post:
How a Trump visit sparked turmoil at America's most sacred cemetery

Discussion: Mediaite, Letters from an American, DNyuz, The Daily Beast, The Wrap, NPR and Raw Story

Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's ‘incident’ at Arlington National Cemetery matters

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Chris Lehmann / The Nation:
The Trump Campaign Is Now Running on Pure Contempt

Discussion: Balloon Juice and New York Daily News

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 …

Discussion: Reuters, The Daily Beast, Washington Times and Mediaite

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.

Discussion: Associated Press

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 …

Discussion: Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, Mediaite and New Jersey Online

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump claims Zuckerberg plotted against him during the 2020 election in soon-to-be released book

Discussion: HuffPost, New York Post, Breitbart, Portraits of Wildflowers and CBS News, more at Techmeme »

Rolling Stone:
Trump Goes Full Fascist in Truth Social Posting Spree

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Boing Boing, HuffPost, Raw Story and Business Insider

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.

Discussion: The Hill, Forbes, DNyuz, Washington Examiner, Yahoo News and New York Post

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 …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Raw Story, New Jersey Online, Big League Politics, Quantus Polls and News, Politico, Mediaite, New York Post, The Hill, Breitbart, Forbes, The Gateway Pundit and Political Wire

Reuters:

Exclusive: Harris widens lead over Trump with boost from women, Hispanics, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds — Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 45% to 41% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Thursday that showed the vice president sparking new enthusiasm among voters and shaking up the race ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

Discussion: USA Today, ComingSoon.net, DNyuz, New Jersey Online, The American Conservative, The Hill and Fox News

Oriana González / NOTUS:

Nebraska Has an Electoral Vote Democrats Need. Enter Tim Walz. — Democrats are emphasizing the vice presidential candidate's Nebraska roots in hopes of winning a key Electoral College vote and other down-ballot contests. — Copy — In an election where nothing can be taken for granted …

Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Harris, Walz to participate in first joint interview since launching campaign, with CNN

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Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
CNN contributor deems Harris ‘weak sauce’ for doing interview alongside Walz

Discussion: The Hill, Reuters, Raw Story, Daily Caller News Foundation, DNyuz, Twitchy, The Post Millennial, Breitbart, HotAir and RedState

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.

Discussion: The Federalist, USA Today, WBUR and ABC News

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.

Discussion: The Hill, The Guardian, New Jersey Online, Business Insider and Semafor

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.

Discussion: CNN, Washington Post, Boing Boing, Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Hill, The Daily Caller, One America News Network, ABC News, NPR, DNyuz, New York Times, USA Today and WFIN Local News, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

Discussion: American Prospect, Quartz, DNyuz and Bloomberg

Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:

Journalist withheld information about Emmett Till's murder, documents show — William Bradford Huie's newly released research notes show he suspected more than two men tortured and killed 14-year-old Emmett Till, but suggest that he left that out when it threatened his story.

Discussion: Rolling Stone and Reason

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? — Harris's résumé a year after she graduated college makes no mention of McDonald's

Discussion: Twitchy

Politico:

House GOP braces for preelection spending drama — The funding debate should have been pretty straightforward this time. But the House GOP has its eye on linking a policy proposal that will complicate things. — Most House Republicans are anxious that a high-profile spending fight …

Discussion: Alternet.org, Daily Kos, American Greatness and The Hill

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 …

Discussion: Alternet.org, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Beast, Breitbart and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Crooks and Liars and Raw Story

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.

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Reason, Forbes and USA Today

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.