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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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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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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.
Jos Joseph / The Hill:   What the performative patriotism of Donald Trump reveals about his character
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Crockett on Arlington incident: MAGA is not ‘party of law and order’
Discussion: MSNBC and RedState
Hannah Schoenbaum / Associated Press:
Utah Gov. Cox faces scrutiny for using military cemetery photo with Trump in campaign email
Discussion: Associated Press
USA Today:
‘Furious’: Veterans slam Trump team's altercation at Arlington National Cemetery
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Gold Star Families Had Trouble Getting Trump Into Arlington Until House Speaker Intervened
Associated Press:
Trump campaign was warned not to take photos at Arlington before altercation, defense official says
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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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 …
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 …
Discussion: New Jersey Online and Breitbart
Richard L. Hasen / Wall Street Journal:
Why It Will Be Harder for Trump to Challenge This Year's Election  —  New laws and court rulings have created a range of guardrails against efforts to delay or interfere with the electoral process.  —  There are abundant signs that Republican nominee Donald Trump won't accept the results of the 2024 election if he loses.
Politico:
Playbook: 3 Trump transition issues that aren't Project 2025
Discussion: Alternet.org
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Harris closes gap with Trump in Sun Belt states
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Harris, Walz to participate in first joint interview since launching campaign, with CNN
Oriana González / NOTUS:   Nebraska Has an Electoral Vote Democrats Need. Enter Tim Walz.
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.
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Threatens to Jail Mark Zuckerberg for Life  —  In an upcoming book, the former president continues to spread election conspiracies about the Meta CEO … According to Politico, the coffee table book — titled Saving America — accuses Mark Zuckerberg of plotting to usurp the 2020 election …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump claims Zuckerberg plotted against him during the 2020 election in soon-to-be released book
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 …
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?  —  The first all-female audience ever on The Drew Barrymore Show was whooping and cheering for Kamala Harris, its guest of honor …
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Why Joy is an Effective Anti-Authoritarian Strategy.  —  Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers.  Our next Q&A will be this Sunday, Sept. 1, 8-9pmET.  Our guest will be Jason Stanley, Jacob Urowski Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and author of the forthcoming book Erasing History.
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