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3:45 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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Brian Karem / Salon:
Republicans for Harris: GOP gets ready to rescue MAGA from Trump  —  But it may be too little, too late — even God can't help Trump as his criminal sentencing looms  —  The 2024 presidential race may answer a question none of us knew we would ever ask: What can 70,000 disgruntled Republicans on one phone call do to save humanity?
Discussion: The Bulwark
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
NBC News:
Trump aide ‘abruptly pushed aside’ an Arlington National Cemetery employee during commemoration, official says  —  The incident occurred when the Trump aide sought to take photos and video at Section 60, the officials said.  No charges were filed and the Army considers the matter closed.
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Army Confirms Trump Staffer ‘Pushed’ Woman Who Works at Arlington Cemetery
Discussion: The Hill and CBS News
NPR:
Fallout from Trump's Arlington National Cemetery visit continues after campaign video
Jos Joseph / The Hill:   What the performative patriotism of Donald Trump reveals about his character
Associated Press:
Arlington cemetery official was ‘pushed aside’ in Trump staff altercation but won't press charges
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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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Pennsylvania may be a problem for Harris  —  The Electoral College/popular vote gap is increasing in post-DNC data. … I'm going to keep this brief, both because I'm jetlagged in two different directions  —  1 and because the model is really hungry for post-DNC/post-RFK-dropout data …
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 …
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Harris, Walz to participate in first joint interview since launching campaign, with CNN
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:
ABC News rejects Kamala Harris' last-minute bid to change Trump debate rules, will keep muted mics
Alex Rogers / Financial Times:
JD Vance urges billionaire Peter Thiel to help bankroll Trump campaign  —  In FT interview, Republican vice-presidential nominee says PayPal founder ‘needs to get off the sidelines’  —  Donald Trump's running mate JD Vance has urged tech billionaire Peter Thiel to “get off the sidelines” …
Discussion: CNBC, Business Insider and The Guardian
Greg Norman / Fox News:
JD Vance booed during firefighters union speech in which he asked members what have Democrats ‘gotten you’?  —  Vance tells firefighters union they have been ‘let down’ after endorsing Biden in 2019 election  —  Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance was booed Thursday by some members …
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: ABC News and freebeacon.com
 
 
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