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8:35 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 …
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.”
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
For Trump, Arlington National Cemetery controversy goes from bad to worse  —  Republicans might've hoped Donald Trump's Arlington National Cemetery scandal would be a one-day story.  I have some bad news for them.  —  As the week got underway, Donald Trump probably thought going to Arlington National Cemetery would be a good idea.
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
24 hours of Trump: QAnon tributes, crude attacks and hawking pieces of his suit
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
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Vance tells Harris to ‘go to hell’ for cemetery criticism she didn't give
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Army Confirms Trump Staffer ‘Pushed’ Woman Who Works at Arlington Cemetery
Discussion: CBS News, NPR and Balloon Juice
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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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Harris' CNN interview is the latest highly anticipated twist in wild presidential race
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Kamala Harris Says She Would Appoint A Republican To Her Cabinet
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.
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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.
Kaitlyn Buss / The Detroit News:
Trump promises free IVF for all
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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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 …
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Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
The Left Is Going to Freak Out Over Nate Silver's Latest Election Model  —  Did you hear that scream?  Liberals far and wide are no doubt freaking out right now because the election they thought they had in the bag after the Democratic Party crowned Kamala Harris as its nominee …
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Harris Has Taken Narrow Lead Over Trump, WSJ Poll Finds
Discussion: New York Post
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Musk ramps up attacks on Brazil's top judge as X faces possible suspension, Starlink finances frozen … Tesla, SpaceX and X Corp. leader Elon Musk ramped up his online attacks on Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes on Thursday, amid an intensifying political and legal battle between …
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 …
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Jack White rips Trump campaign for posting band's song: 'Don't even think about using my music you fascists'  —  Jack White is blasting former President Trump's campaign and threatening a lawsuit after an aide to the former president posted a clip that featured a song by The White Stripes.
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
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.
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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