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emptywheel:
Michael Shear and Reid Epstein Feign Stupidity about Trump's Decade-Long Pitch for Authoritarianism  —  Here's what the NYT digital front page looks like for me this morning.  —  It features Kamala Harris' rather unremarkable interview with CNN (part one, part two, part three) …
Discussion: The Root
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Politico:
Playbook: What we learned from the Harris interview  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TALK OF THIS TOWN — “Trump's Latest Move to Avoid Abortion Is His Strangest One Yet,” by Michael Schaffer: “Though Republican lawmakers spent years targeting abortion …
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
Kamala's First ‘Interview’ Was the Dumpster Fire You Expected It Would Be  —  Did you catch Kamala Harris's first “interview” as the Democratic Party nominee for president?  It was pretty much everything you'd expect from an interview conducted by CNN.  Lots of softball questions, lots of word salad responses.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
7 Takeaways From Harris's First Major Interview  —  Kamala Harris showed her tendency toward winding answers in the CNN interview, but said nothing likely to cause her serious political trouble.  —  The main reason CNN's interview with Vice President Kamala Harris turned out to be remarkable …
CNN:
Takeaways from CNN's interview with Harris and Walz  —  Vice President Kamala Harris said she was “deeply touched” by a photo of her young grandniece, in pigtails, watching her speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week.  —  Though Harris hasn't emphasized it …
CNN:
READ: Harris and Walz's exclusive joint interview with CNN
Washington Post:
Harris says she will put a Republican in her Cabinet if elected
David Moye / HuffPost:
Kamala Harris Has Snappy Answer To CNN's Trump-Inspired Question
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Harris explains in exclusive CNN interview why she's shifted her position on key issues since her first run for president
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Harris' CNN interview is the latest highly anticipated twist in wild presidential race
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
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Adam Wren / Politico:
MAGA faithful blow off polls in Michigan, insist 'Trump's got it made.'  —  Trump's base is digging in.  —  POTTERVILLE, Michigan — Inside a hulking steel warehouse where Donald Trump rallied his supporters on Thursday, the former president's backers sweltered in the heat — and gave no oxygen …
Discussion: Raw Story
Myra Adams / The Hill:
If Trump loses, expect a Republican civil war  —  Vice President Kamala Harris has one extraordinary campaign advantage — she is neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump.  —  Before President Biden dropped his reelection bid on July 21, voters were unenthusiastic about a rematch between these two men, both born before the television age.
Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
The Left Is Going to Freak Out Over Nate Silver's Latest Election Model
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
August 29, 2024  —  And now the U.S. Army has weighed in on the scandal surrounding Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery for a campaign photo op, after which his team shared a campaign video it had filmed.  The Army said that the cemetery hosts almost 3,000 public wreath-laying ceremonies …
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Kevin Carroll / The Guardian:
The Trump campaign's conduct at Arlington is shocking but not surprising  —  Trump's staffers filmed political footage at war graves - and allegedly shoved an army employee who tried to stop them  —  The tranquil majesty of Arlington national cemetery tends to bring forth civic virtues in Americans and eloquence in their leaders.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:   In a test of character, Trump shows his true grift
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Team Trump Makes Arlington Cemetery Fight Way Worse With Army Insult
NPR:
Army says Arlington National Cemetery worker was ‘pushed aside’ by Trump aides
David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk says voting by mail is ‘insane’ — but he has done it himself, records show  —  The tech billionaire voted by mail twice in California, years before he began attacking the option for others.  —  Elon Musk has attacked voting by mail as an “insane” idea that encourages election fraud …
Discussion: DNyuz and WFIN Local News
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David Sharp / Associated Press:
Postmaster general is confident about ability to process mail-in ballots
Discussion: The Hill
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Pushing Back on Trump's Latest Lies About IVF  —  The former President's lie about his position are getting more brazen.  —  Two related things happened in the 2024 campaign yesterday.  First, a bevy of new polls came out, which showed Vice President Harris taking the lead nationally and in the swing states.
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NBC News:
Trump says he wants to make IVF treatments paid for by government or insurance companies if elected
ABC News:
Trump adds new campaign pledge to get IVF paid for by government or covered by insurance
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
Elon Musk is out of control.  Here is how to rein him in  —  He may be the richest man in the world - but that doesn't mean we're powerless to stop him  —  Elon Musk is rapidly transforming his enormous wealth - he's the richest person in the world - into a huge source …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘The behavior is grotesque’: MSNBC host pummels Trump World over war with cemetery  —  On Friday morning, MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-host Willie Geist took aim at Donald Trump and his campaign officials for their continuing attacks on officials at Arlington National Cemetery following the fracas …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Claire Heddles / NOTUS:
The Not-So-Secret Campaign for ‘Secret’ Democrats  —  Kamala Harris' rally in Savannah, Georgia, was the first time a general election presidential candidate had campaigned in the city since the 1990s.  Democratic operatives say it was a signal: Winning Georgia isn't only about Atlanta this time.
Discussion: Robert Reich and NBC News
Alicia Wallace / CNN:
The Fed's preferred inflation gauge did better than expected last month  —  The Federal Reserve's go-to inflation gauge held at 2.5% in July, Commerce Department data showed Friday.  That's better than anticipated and shows progress — but still underscores the bumpy process for inflation's descent.
 
 
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Gallup:
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Discussion: The Hill
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